Environment

"WAKE UP!" places Porto among the pilot cities for creating new forms of decarbonisation

Integrating technology and information to put citizens at the centre of climate action is the proposal that makes Porto a pilot city in the NetZeroCities initiative.

Porto Ambiente and STCP move in an increasingly naturally renewable way

Biomethane, a 100% renewable form of natural gas, produced from organic waste, will supply 36 STCP buses and the municipal environment company’s collection vehicles.

Porto takes examples of energy transition to the World Climate Summit

The vice president of Porto City Hall participated in a parallel panel to COP28.

Asprela wants to be a multiplier of the square kilometre of knowledge and sustainability

At Porto Ambiente, the Secretary of State for Planning was aware of the path already taken.

Vice-President joins the administration of the European network for the energy transition

The objective of Energy Cities is the exchange of experiences and new solutions, to prepare cities for the climate challenges of the coming years.

ReBOOT extends the life of computers and helps Municipal Social Network institutions

The idea is simple: to demystify, once and for all, the difficulty of repairing and recovering computers and to give its users the necessary skills and tools to extend the life of their computer equipment.

Sustainability Day is celebrated for the first time in Portugal

Citizens recycle more and avoid the emission of more than 182 thousand tons of CO2 equivalent.

Jardins do Palácio de Cristal with the seal of the best green space in the world

The green space managed by the Municipality, thus joins Parque da Cidade and Jardim do Passeio Alegre, which once again saw their awards renewed.

Porto Climate Pact marks a year with more than 600 subscribers

Leading by example, many projects and actions have been implemented in Porto in the most diverse areas – energy, water resources, waste, urban refurbishment, mobility – towards the objective of decarbonization.

In Porto no water goes to waste: it is reused. And it reaches one million liters per day

The first project of the north region to resort to reused water to wash public areas comes from the Municipality of Porto and is going to generate one thousand square metres of class A water